Londons Heathrow and Gatwick airports have ordered military grade anti-drone equipment following cancellation of several flights affecting over 140,000 passengers in Gatwick alone after drone sightings in mid-December last year. The airports confirmed that the anti-drone defenses are worth “several million pounds,” without giving further details,
Chinas massive radio antenna facility for its military covering more than 1000 square miles is ‘possibly carcinogenic to humans according to a report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. The Wireless Electromagnetic Method (WEM) project took 13 years to build but researchers said that it was finally ready to emit extremely low frequency radio waves, also known as ELF waves
The China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC) has offering its newly developed road-mobile laser defense system called the LW-30 for exports. The LW-30 uses a high-energy laser beam to destroy targets ranging from drones and guided bombs to mortar shells
The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has test fired a hypersonic intercontinental strategic missile Avangard that can carry both nuclear and conventional warheads. Russias hypersonic missile system will enter service in the Armed Forces next year, Russian President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying by
The United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems a contract valued at $9.2 million for its Radio Frequency Machine Learning System (RFMLS) program
DJI and Check Point Researchers shared details of a potential vulnerability in the user identification process within DJIs online Forum that could have enabled an attacker to gain access to user's account. In a report submitted in accordance with DJI's Bug Bounty Program, Researchers discovered that DJI's platforms used a token to identify registered users across different aspects of the customer experience, making it a target for hackers looking for ways to access accounts
The Chinese Z-10 attack helicopter, considered a competitor to the Boeing Apache, has been shown equipped with armor made from graphene, according to a video released by China Central Television (CCTV) last week. Commenting on the video report, state owned Global Time said that extra armor modules could be seen on the side of the helicopter near the cockpit
A missile of the Russian-supplied S-200 air defence system brought down a Russian Air Force Ilyushin-20 aircraft which was coming into land at around the same time Israeli F-16 jets attacked Syrian targets. Blaming Israel for the loss of the aircraft which was carrying 14 crew members, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told the media in Moscow that the ‘ploy of the Israeli Air Force was to use the larger aircraft as cover to sneak in from the sea
The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced a more than $2 Billion investment into “AI Next”, the future wave of artificial intelligence technologies to create collaborative partnerships between humans and machines. Under AI Next, key areas to be explored may include automating critical DoD business processes, such as security clearance vetting in a week or accrediting software systems in one day for operational deployment; improving the robustness and reliability of AI systems; enhancing the security and resiliency of machine learning and AI technologies; reducing power, data, and performance inefficiencies; and pioneering the next generation of AI algorithms and...
Singapore plans to replace its Victory-class Missile Corvettes (MCVs), the current mainstay of its naval surface combat fleet, with more capable Multi-Role Combat Vessels (MRCVs) by 2025. The MRCVs will contain configurable modular payloads and unmanned systems to function as flexible "motherships" capable of deploying unmanned drones to suit various missions from peace to war, according to a '